English Track

Faculty

Name	Allen, Kathleen O'B.
Position	Professor
Subject	English Linguistics
Research Themes	Manga literacy and discourse analysis; language acquisition in history
Message	Bio: Born and raised in Zimbabwe, I did graduate studies in London and Edinburgh and then obtained my doctorate from Columbia University, New York. My research interests include popular culture literacy practices and critical discourse analysis. Message to Students: Come and study with the insiders - researchers who are actively engaged in the Tokyo scene.

Name	HAGIHARA Ken
Position	Associate Professor
Subject	Performing Arts
Research Themes	Contemporary German performing arts and related Japanese performing arts
Message	The theatre scene in Tokyo is very exciting and so original that you won’t find a similar one in any other city in the world. Why not get some more knowledge about it before you watch a performance? Let’s explore theatre in Tokyo together!

Name	HIMENO Tomoko
Position	Professor
Subject	JapaneseⅠｄ（Speaking）
Research Themes	Grammatical and pragmatic descriptions of contemporary Japanese language and application to Japanese language education
Message	I teach Japanese as a foreign language to international students. Although you are not required to know any Japanese words when you enter the English track, acquiring Japanese proficiency will enable you to meet more Japanese people and make your university days more enjoyable and productive. I look forward to meeting you all soon!

Name	KANISE Seiichi
Position	Professor
Subject	Introduction to Mass Communications
Research Themes	Impact of the media on our daily lives and ways of thinking
Message	I’m still an active journalist, wondering in a maze of the information-oriented society. You may love or hate media but nobody can live without its influence today. The Internet, for example, is the first truly democraitic culture available to everyone and governed entirely by what people want. The most terrifying thing, however, is what people want. Let’s explore the exciting world of media together!

Name	MORIKAWA Kaichirou
Position	Associate Professor
Subject	Otaku Culture
Research Themes	Manga, anime, games, and related popular culture; design and urbanism
Message	Meiji University provides one of the richest environments to study about Japanese manga, anime and games. With over 300 thousand items, our Manga Libraries have become important resource centers for students and scholars in this field. Join us and take advantage of our diverse collection to pioneer the realm of Japanese pop-culture studies.

Name	OGASAWARA Yasushi
Position	Professor
Subject	Bussiness Culture in Contemporary Japan,Management from a Cultural Perspective
Research Themes	Approaches to globalization by Japanese organizations and individuals
Message	Focus: how to define Japanese ways through interdisciplinary approaches and discourse analysis. Interests: comparative organizational culture and social systems, cross cultural management, nationalism in global paradox, ways of thinking, definition of self and identity, Japanese approaches of innovation, comparative knowledge management. Message: Feel cultural difference and constructive confrontation will broaden and deepen your perspective. Cognition of diferences is a beginning to grope for common ground.

Name	OZEKI Naoko
Position	Professor
Subject	Applied Linguistics
Research Themes	Theory of second language acquisition; exploring how people learn a foreign language
Message	My area of interest is Second Language Acquisition (SLA), especially learning strategies. I am also closely involved in high school English education through writing a guide for the English curriculum and assisting teachers. I am looking forward to studying SLA with you.

Name	SUZUKI Keiji
Position	Associate Professor
Subject	Japanese Social Systems
Research Themes	International comparison of welfare and corporate systems; public policy and organizational decision-making
Message	Japan’s uniqueness is not always visible. Hence it is often difficult to understand why Japanese politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen behave differently from those of other countries. Our program will certainly lead you to better interpretation of what is going on in that country.

Name	TAKAYAMA Hiroshi
Position	Professor
Subject	Introduction to Visual Culture
Research Themes	European visual culture in general; history of visual culture from the 17th to the 19th century—the supposed origin of today’s subcultures; Japan in the theory of image
Message	Do you know anything about Mannerism, or the Baroque? Or anything about the Picturesque? Anything about representational approaches to a culture? All of these are keys for deeper understanding of those periods in the cultural history of Japan (1760s~1830s; 1880s~1930s) in which Japanese culture somehow came closest to the contemporary European cultures. A comparatist, interdisciplinary, and synthetic approach will be tentatively presented and discussed. I had been a student of English literature for almost 30 years, but now I’m a specialist in everything (that is, in nothing!), known among my colleagues and students for widest interest in everything eccentric and wonderful. Yes, ”wonder” is my pet word.

　　　　　　

Name	YAMAWAKI Keizo
Position	Professor
Subject	Multicultural Community Building Immigration Policy Studies
Research Themes	Japanese immigration policy; multicultural community building
Message	My research interests include immigrant integration policy and multicultural community building in Japan. I am interested in not only research but also practice and have been on the various advisory committees of the Japanese national and local governments. Let’s study how to construct a society where people of different ethnic backgrounds can live together!

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